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Round and Round

The ramp leading down to the railway tracks in the Ottawa Train Station. A 3 exposure HDR image.

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Tony Ibarra 11 months ago

Color does indeed Rock! Thanks for the lesson my friend : )

Hector Guerra Hernandez 11 months ago

Great architecture!! I love that spiral of concrete and indirect light.....
Fantastic vision my friend.....

Wayne Pearson 2 years ago

What can I say but breath taking Scott, a shot to be proud of, and such an inspiration, thank you.

martin zalba 2 years ago

fantastic! greetings

Ian James 3 years ago

I don't normally like HDR but this is amazing.

superherojesus 3 years ago

perhaps this is a metaphor for industrialized society.
or maybe not.

it is wonderfully inquisitive/observant either way.

gemstone 3 years ago

Very cool. Following the line around the curve with my eye, I wish it was not broken on the right. Still great capture

moses stell 3 years ago

how wide is the lens....so beautiful

Scott Crouse Thanks Moses. Actually it wasn't very wide. I was using a borrowed camera and lens from work. I think it's around 21mm or so. I have a 10mm now, would love to go back and shot it in real wide hahaha.

Leif Westling 3 years ago

Wonderful!

Brent Mooers 3 years ago

Still one of the best shots on OE. Top 10 in my opinion.

Scott Crouse Wow, that's quite a statement with all the fantastic work on here. Thank you Brent!

Martin Gremm 4 years ago

Great colors and lines. I think you are selling yourself short in your forum discussion :) Thousands of people have seen this, but few if any noticed its beauty. Seeing what nobody has seen before is creativity.

Scott Crouse Thanks Martin, I got addicted to great shots like this and I have produced any in some time and I think that is why I've been questioning myself. Anyhow, it's been a great discussion. Thanks again for all the great input.

Dominique 4 years ago

I recognized this location right away without reading the caption. I thought many times I want to photograph the Ottawa train station... didn't get around to it yet.

Good job on this, The color and texture look Amazing!

Scott Crouse Thanks Dominique! It was one of those ones where I didn't know what I had until I got home and viewed it on the computer. would like to go back sometime and reshoot to fix some of the composition problems, but part of me says move along, you did good. :) Thanks again!

storytaylor 4 years ago

brilliant

Krzysztof Niemiec 4 years ago

WOW!! Thank You very much Scott !!

Mel Brackstone 4 years ago

Wow, this is absolutely awesome!!

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 4 years ago

Really, Super, Super Perfect.

Aurora Vanderbosch 4 years ago

This is wonderful! It makes me want to put on a pair of roller blades, and WHOOOSH--just zoom right on down! :D

Scott Crouse Thank you very much Aurora. Ironically I do believe their is a sign nearby banning Rollerblades in the train station. hahaha, but your right it would be FUN!

Aurora Vanderbosch Yeah...that FIGURES! All the fun things are banned in public places! ;)

Daria Endresen 4 years ago

Very nice colours and wonderful composition.. could never think it's HDR - you've done a great job here :)

Scott Crouse Thank you oh so much Daria. Your HDR work is fabulous so this coming from you is very meaningful. Thank you.

Joseph Dannels 4 years ago

this is so smooth, everything seems to complement each other.

Scott Crouse Thanks so much Joe.

Willy Marthinussen 4 years ago

great shot..love it
--willy--

Scott Crouse Thanks Willy...

Cile Bailey 4 years ago

magnificent, I love spiral's in any form. It represents the alpha to the omega , all all inbetween, to me!
always,
cile

Scott Crouse Thank you very much Cile!

Cile Bailey my pleasure. smiles to you...

Jacob Jovelou 4 years ago

This composition is something extra. Looks beautiful on the front page. Good job!

Scott Crouse Oh wow Jacob, thank you. Imagine my surprise to log on this morning and find this on the front page. I'm tickled pink.

Ivan Jariga 4 years ago

those yellow, orange and blue colors are wonderful. Framing is excellent as well.
great job Scott!

Scott Crouse Thank you very much Ivan!

Sam Agnew 4 years ago

Great stuff. I'm keeping up the spiral motif myself. This shot has a satisfying "rightness".

Scott Crouse Thank you very much Sam!

Fernand Hick 4 years ago

Superb curves and a very nice contrast between warm and cold colors. Like it a lot !
Fernand

Scott Crouse Fernand, thank you very much.

Marcelo Musacchio 4 years ago

Very nice!

Scott Crouse Thank you Marcelo!

Van den Houte Jef 4 years ago

The dynamic composition and the colors make the strength of this image

Scott Crouse Thanks Jef!

André Pelletier 4 years ago

I love this spiral, great picture!

Scott Crouse Merci Andre!

Jeremy Russell 4 years ago

Very nice.

The use of hdr is nice in this shot, bit over the old hdr but in this case it works well, adds a nice surreal and painterly feel to the image.

Nice one.

Scott Crouse Thanks Jeremy. When I first started HDR I was way over the top and everything was surreal. Nowadays I'm trying to use it for what it was intended. This shot is actually fairly lightly treated, the lighting is pretty much as it's seen. Cheers mate!

Jeremy Russell Yes, HDR is at it's best when the image stands out and not the HDR.

Scott Crouse I agree completely Jeremy!

jaroslav cmehil 4 years ago

Great Image - love the compo!

Scott Crouse Thanks Jaroslav!

John Buttress 4 years ago

Really like this one. Wonderful colours. Very well done.

Scott Crouse Thanks John!

Tim 4 years ago

Well composed abstract with beautiful colours and near-perfect exposure. Fabulous, dramatic image; definitely one to print......BIG :)

Scott Crouse Thanks Tim! It's already on my list for printing. Even got a wall picked out.

Tim I'd just crop the tiny red area which inadvertently draws the eye to the top left of the frame, just above the rail. A small thing, but noticable.

Scott Crouse Good point, I actually didn't notice it, but now that you've pointed it out I can always see it - DOH!

Tim Ha......don't forget it when you do the print ;)

Suren Manvelyan 4 years ago

Very impressing composition!

Scott Crouse Thanks Suran!

Adam Murphy 4 years ago

I love this photo, my eyes just follow it round and the colours are amazing for such a plain subject! Great job!

Scott Crouse Thanks Adam! Thus the title round and round. I find myself doing the same.

Olivier 4 years ago

Beautyful graphic capture !

Scott Crouse Thanks very much Olivier!

remo rufer 4 years ago

great composition. the choice for hdr is very good too!

Scott Crouse Thanks Remo. I had shot this both in HDR and RAW and for once the HDR was far superior in my mind. There is definitely a place to use it, and places not to.

Stephan Sünderkamp 4 years ago

Great composition! The contrast between the cold concrete and the warm light makes this picture a very special architectural shot.

Scott Crouse Thanks Stephan!

Serban Mestecaneanu 4 years ago

scott, great capture, I saw it just before one of my photos were accepted this morning - I thought initially yours was also Vatican as they both are very similar

Scott Crouse Serban, just took a look at your shot - OUTSTANDING mate. Beautifully done. Who would have thought, similar styles of a train station in Ottawa to the Vatican. Thanks mate.